The Creative Photograph In Archaeology: From the traveling photographers of 19th Century to the Creative Photography of the 20th

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Photographs of details of the Parthenon by Socratis Mavrommatis, were made between the years 1979-2002. While the initial impression may be that the intent is purely artistic, the photographs in fact follow the principles applied by Hellner. They seek information, but in minute detail, in the elimination of the superfluous, in the traces of ancient marble-cutting, in the grain of the marble, and in the precision of workmanship on the Parthenon. The artistic mantle veils the specialized documenta...Vis mer